OSHA Inspection: SUNSHINE STATE DAIRY FARMS, LLC

Issued

Dec 1, 2010

Abate by

Apr 4, 2011

Penalty

Initial $1,625 · Current $1,138 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ii):  The employer did not document that the
equipment in the process
complied with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices:
a. At the site, a refrigeration system consisting of 12 compressors was
used where
ammonia was in a quantity over 10,000. The employer did not establish and
document
that the ventilation system complied with recognized and generally
accepted good
engineering practices and that it would adequately handle and exhaust
ammonia releases
from the machine room.

Issued

Dec 1, 2010

Abate by

Apr 4, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2):  The employer did not establish and implement
written procedures to
maintain the on-going mechanical integrity of process equipment:
a. At the site, for the maintenance of a refrigeration system consisting
of 12 compressors where
ammonia is used in a quantity over 10,000. The employer's mechanical
integrity program was
deficient in the following:
1. Procedures were not developed and implemented to address the increase
of inspection
frequency for process equipment. The Inspection Testing and Preventive
Maintenance
program for equipment did not establish the criteria for increasing the
frequency of the
inspections and testing conducted.
2. Procedures were not developed and implemented to address the
maintenance of the
hydraulic control systems, such as but not limited to, the hydraulic
controlled valves and
slides which in turn control the level of functioning of the compressor.
3. Procedures were not developed and implemented for the calibration of
testing
equipment, such as but not limited to, the portable gauges and
thermometers. An IR heat
gun is used to establish the temperature of switches on compressors where
no calibration
procedures were developed and implemented for the testing equipment.
4. A program with procedures was not developed and implemented for
inspecting of
insulated piping. The Mechanical Integrity program does not address how to
inspect
piping under insulation.

Issued

Dec 1, 2010

Abate by

Apr 4, 2011

Penalty

Initial $1,625 · Current $1,138 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(iv):  The documentation of the inspection or test
that been performed on
process equipment to maintain its mechanical integrity did not identify
the date of the inspection
or test, the serial number or other identifier of the equipment on which
the inspection or test was
performed, a description of the inspection or test, and the results of the
inspection or test:
a. At the site, Inspection Testing and Preventive Maintenance conducted
for the 12
compressors was not identified as equipment specific. Maintenance
activities and
documentation maintained did not reflect each compressor individually by
having all
required information including the identity of the equipment.